FORMER South African president Thabo Mbeki says current leaders should emulate Zambia’s first republican president Dr Kenneth Kaunda by becoming true Pan Africanists. Speaking after laying wreaths on Dr Kaunda’s grave at Embassy Park, Wednesday, Mbeki said Zambia’s first republican president played a central role in terms of the liberation struggle of South Africa. “President Kaunda was really very central in terms of the struggle for the liberation of South Africa. Very close to the ANC, very supportive, ready to sacrifice anything that was necessary to ensure that we get liberated. So it is always very moving to recall his memory and I am very glad indeed that I am in Lusaka today to say something about president Kaunda and...

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